Tag: Ndlea
NDLEA sends warning to intending Hajj pilgrims
She warned that pilgrims could take only prescription drugs to Saudi Arabia as the government there would not tolerate anything…
UK promises £1m support to NDLEA as Marwa seeks more help
The United Kingdom has said it will provide One Million Pounds (£1million) worth of support to enhance the operations of…
Drug trafficking: NDLEA arrests 666 suspects in Borno
Icha said that in 2021, the agency arrested 561 suspects, comprising 553 males and eight females, while in the first…
NDLEA charges 9 Ghanaians with drug trafficking
The suspects were alleged to have conspired to unlawfully engage in the transportation of 10.8kg of Cannabis Sativa, a restricted…
Drug kingpin Okamaru arrested after 5-month chase
Okamaru was arrested in Ondo state in connection with the seized 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa hidden in a concrete mixer truck…
Uche, from Italy, excretes 35 pellets of heroin at Abuja Airport
A statement issued by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday said Uche was nabbed while trying to board Air France…
Reprieve for Abba Kyari: Court fixes date for fresh bail plea
Kyari and three of the five of his colleagues in the Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General…
NDLEA cracks 16 drug dealers with cocaine, tramadol, cannabis in five states
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said in Zamfara, a Mercedes Benz truck with reg. no. XB…
Amaechi arrested with cocaine hidden in mowers tyres at Port Harcourt Airport
He was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the PHIA. He was said to…
NDLEA cracks wanted drug baroness Mama, palatial mansion sealed
The 59-year-old woman was busted on Sunday 15th May in her mansion where she allegedly cooks and distributes Crack Cocaine, Methamphetamine…
Photos: Evil Tramadol merchants change deadly drug name
Eagle-eyed NDLEA operatives seized the new drug variant at Lagos airport and other places last week, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi…
NDLEA arrests five employment scammers
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested five members of a syndicate, which conducts fake recruitment…
Milan, Dubai-bound Tramadol, Ecstasy busted in Lagos [Video]
The operatives also seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe…
N22bn Tramadol: Billionaire Ukatu slams NDLEA with N200m suit
Ukatu is currently in detention of the NDLEA, which had earlier alleged that he was the brain behind a N3…
Sao Paulo barber Chikwendu arrested with cocaine hidden in shoe soles [Video]
A further search of the pair of black slippers worn by the suspect also led to the recovery of additional…
NDLEA arrests 2 pregnant women for drug trafficking
The second pregnant woman, Gloria Asibor was arrested on Thursday 5th May while attempting to board a Turkish Airline flight…
NDLEA uncovers N22bn Tramadol allegedly imported by billionaire Afam Ukatu
Babafeni stated this in a statement on Tuesday “to counter insinuations by some hirelings that NDLEA has no evidence to…
NDLEA seizes N1.2bn travellers’ cheques,10.89kg Cocaine at Lagos airport
Babafemi said at least, a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna has been arrested in connection to the attempt to export the…
NDLEA’s drug test on aspirants outrageous: IPAC
IPAC strongly condemns drug abuse by misguided citizens and urges NDLEA to discharge its duties in tandem with the law…
Liberia-bound heroin hidden in lady’s shoes, NDLEA arrests 2 men
Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the agency identified the arrested suspects as Idokoja Solomon Chukwurah and Patrick John Tochukwu.
Four Brazil-based drug dealers smashed with cocaine at Lagos, Abuja Airports
A statement issued by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said at least, four traffickers involved in the attempts to…
Large cocaine consignments seized at P/Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos airports, 7 traffickers smashed
A statement issued by NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said at the Port Harcourt International Airport, five suspects were…
677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested, 65,915.891kg seized in first quarter
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement said 2,223 drug users were also counselled through brief interventions and rehabilitated in…
NDLEA arrests Ezekwesili, others with drugs in detergent, Milo sachets
Skunk is made from from unpollinated cannabis plants which naturally contain higher levels of THC - the substance that gives…
Uchenna from Sao Paulo busted with 101 parcels of cocaine hidden in duvets [Video]
The illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna.
Oba of Benin becomes NDLEA’s Ambassador of war against drug abuse
The State Commander of NDLEA, Bubs Bakawa, who decorated the monarch in his Palace in Benin, told him that some…
Abba Kyari loses fundamental rights suit against NDLEA
Kyari had said that the NDLEA’s allegations against him were fictitious.
Brazil-returnee drug dealer Nnanna busted with largest Cocaine seizure
This is the largest seizure of such cocaine at the airport since it began international flight operations years ago.
NDLEA seizes N5bn worth of Tramadol at Lagos airport, Abuja, Edo
Babafemi said in Abuja, about 228,740 tablets and capsules of Tramadol and Exol 5 were intercepted on Friday, 1 April…
NDLEA destroys 42.9 hectares of cannabis farmlands in Ekiti
The destructions were carried out in Ise-Ekiti and Eporo-Ekiti, in Ise Local Government Area and Emure Local Government Area, respectively,…